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Crop wild relatives of the brinjal eggplant (Solanum melongena): poorly represented in genebanks and many species at risk of extinction

Syfert, M.M.; Castañeda-Álvarez, N.P.; Khoury, C.K.; Särkinen, T.; Sosa, C.C.; Achicanoy, H.A.; Bernau, V.; Prohens Tomás, Jaime; Daunay, Marie Christine; Knapp, Sandra (Botanical Society of America, 2016)

[EN] Crop wild relatives (CWR) provide important traits for plant breeding, including pest, pathogen, and abiotic stress resistance. Therefore, their conservation and future availability are essential for food security. ...
First successful backcrossing towards eggplant (Solanum melongena) of a New World species, the silverleaf nightshade (S-elaeagnifolium), and characterization of interspecific hybrids and backcrosses

García-Fortea, Edgar; Gramazio, Pietro; Vilanova Navarro, Santiago; Fita, Ana; Mangino, Giulio; Villanueva-Párraga, Gloria; Arrones-Olmo, Andrea; Knapp, Sandra; Prohens Tomás, Jaime; Plazas Ávila, María de la O (Elsevier, 2019-02-27)

[EN] Silverleaf nightshade (Solanum elaeagnifolium Cav.) is a drought tolerant invasive weed native to the New World. Despite its interest for common eggplant (S. melongena L.) breeding, up to now no success has been ...
Introgressiomics: a new approach for using crop wild relatives in breeding for adaptation to climate change

Prohens Tomás, Jaime; Gramazio, Pietro; Plazas Ávila, María de la O; Dempewolf, Hannes; Kilian, Benjamin; Díez-Niclós, María José Teresa de Jesús; Fita, Ana; Herraiz García, Francisco Javier; Rodríguez Burruezo, Adrián; Soler Aleixandre, Salvador; Knapp, Sandra; Vilanova Navarro, Santiago (Springer-Verlag, 2017)

[EN] The need to boost agricultural production in the coming decades in a climate change scenario requires new approaches for the development of new crop varieties that are more resilient and more efficient in the use of ...
Solanum insanum L. (subgenus Leptostemonum Bitter, Solanaceae), the neglected wild progenitor of eggplant ( S. melongena L.): a review of taxonomy, characteristics and uses aimed at its enhancement for improved eggplant breeding

Ranil, R.H.; Prohens Tomás, Jaime; Aubriot, X.; Niran, H.M.L.; Plazas Ávila, María de la O; Fonseka, Ramya; Vilanova Navarro, Santiago; Fonseka, H. Hemal; Gramazio, Pietro; Knapp, Sandra (Springer-Verlag, 2017)

[EN] Solanum insanum L. (Solanaceaeae) is the wild progenitor of common eggplant (S. melongena L.) and is naturally distributed in south and southeast Asia, Madagascar and Mauritius. Despite interest in its potential for ...
Wild relatives of the eggplant (Solanum melongena L.: Solanaceae): new understanding of species names in a complex group

Knapp, Sandra; Vorontsova, María S.; Prohens Tomás, Jaime (Public Library of Science, 2013-02)

Background: The common or brinjal eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) belongs to the Leptostemonum Clade (the "spiny'' solanums) of the species-rich genus Solanum (Solanaceae). Unlike most of the genus, the eggplant and its ...